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  2. Ducted propeller - Wikipedia

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    Kort nozzle The towboat Dolphin I in a floating drydock on the Mississippi River in Algiers, Louisiana. A ducted propeller, also known as a Kort nozzle, is a marine propeller fitted with a non-rotating nozzle. It is used to improve the efficiency of the propeller and is especially used on heavily loaded propellers or propellers with limited ...

  3. Rim-driven thruster - Wikipedia

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    The rim-driven thruster, also known as rim-driven propulsor/propeller (or RDP) is a novel type of electric propulsion unit for ships. The concept was proposed by Kort around 1940, but only became commercially practical in the early 21st century due to advances in DC motor controller technology. [1]

  4. Ludwig Kort - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig Kort (1888 - 1958 [1]) was a German fluid dynamicist known for developing the ducted propeller, or Kort nozzle. In an attempt to reduce canal erosion, Kort discovered that directing the wake of a propeller through a short, stationary nozzle also increased thrust. [2] He submitted a U.S. patent for this technique, which was awarded in ...

  5. Propulsor - Wikipedia

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    A propulsor is a mechanical device that gives propulsion. The word is commonly used in the marine vernacular, and implies a mechanical assembly that is more complicated than a propeller. The Kort nozzle, pump-jet and rim-driven thruster are examples. An example propulsor is shown in the accompanying picture.

  6. USNS Mohawk - Wikipedia

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    As originally built, Mohawk had two controllable-pitch Kort-nozzle propellers for propulsion. She had two 20-cylinder Diesel engines, GM EMD 20-645F7B, [4] which provided 4,500 shaft horsepower. These would drive the ships at 15 knots. She also had a 300-horsepower bow thruster to improve maneuverability. [2] [5]

  7. Voith Schneider Propeller - Wikipedia

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    The Voith Schneider propeller was originally a design for a hydro-electric turbine. [2] Its Austrian inventor, Ernst Schneider, had a chance meeting on a train with a manager at Voith's subsidiary St. Pölten works; this led to the turbine being investigated by Voith's engineers, who discovered that although it was no more efficient than other water turbines, Schneider's design worked well as ...

  8. Kort - Wikipedia

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    Kort Grocery, also known as Camp Springs Grocery, a historic property located on Four Mile Road in Camp Springs, Kentucky Kort nozzle or ducted propeller, an assembly for marine propulsion Kört-Aika Monument , a steel statue located at the entrance to the village of Kortkeros, Kortkerossky District, Komi Republic, Russia

  9. Stainforth and Keadby Canal - Wikipedia

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    They continued to lead the field with developments in tug propulsion in the 1960s, and by the late 1970s had built seventeen tugs with Kort nozzle or Kort rudder steering and twenty tugs with Voith-Schneider propulsion systems at Thorne.